flat
平坦的,平地,平坦,平的
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flat·ter, flat·test.
- : horizontally level: a flat roof.
- : level, even, or without unevenness of surface, as land or tabletops.
- : having a surface that is without marked projections or depressions: a broad, flat face.
- : lying horizontally and at full length, as a person; prostrate: He was flat on the canvas after the knockdown.
- : lying wholly on or against something: The banner was flat against the wall.
- : thrown down, laid low, or level with the ground, as fallen trees or buildings.
- : having a generally level shape or appearance; not deep or thick: a flat plate.
- : low and broad.
- : spread out, as an unrolled map or the open hand.
- : deflated; collapsed: a flat tire.
- : absolute, downright, or positive; without qualification: a flat denial.
- : without modification or variation: a flat rate.
- : Informal. lacking money; broke.
- : without vitality or animation; lifeless; dull: flat writing.
- : having lost its flavor, sharpness, or life, as wine or food; stale.
- : having lost its effervescence.
- : without flavor; not spiced: flat cooking.
- : prosaic, banal, or insipid: a flat style.
- : pointless, as a remark or joke.
- : commercially inactive: a flat day in the stock market.
- : not having the illusion of volume or depth.
- : lacking contrast or gradations of tone or color.
- : without gloss; not shiny; mat.
- : not clear, sharp, or ringing, as sound or a voice.
- : lacking resonance and variation in pitch; monotonous: a flat delivery of the speech.
- : Music. lowered a half step in pitch: B flat.below an intended pitch, as a note; too low.
- : Grammar. derived without change in form, as English to brush from the noun brush and adverbs that do not add -ly to the adjective form as fast, cheap, and slow.
- : Phonetics. lenis; voiced.
- : Nautical. cut with little or no fullness.trimmed as nearly fore-and-aft as possible, for sailing to windward.
- : flat a, the a-sound of glad, bat, or act.
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- : something flat.
- : a shoe, especially a woman's shoe, with a flat heel or no heel.
- : a flat surface, side, or part of anything: He struck me with the flat of his hand.
- : flat or level ground; a flat area: salt flats.
- : a marsh, shoal, or shallow.
- : Music. the character ♭, which when attached to a note or to a staff degree lowers its significance one chromatic half step.a tone one chromatic half step below another: The flat of B is B flat. the key next below or to the left.
- : Theater. a piece of scenery consisting of a wooden frame, usually rectangular, covered with lightweight board or fabric.
- : a broad, thin book, chiefly for children: a juvenile flat.
- : Informal. a deflated automobile tire.
- : a large flat package, as in a manila envelope, for mailing.
- : Architecture. a flat roof or deck.
- : Nautical. Also called platform .a partial deck between two full decks.a low, flat barge or lighter.
- : Shipbuilding. a broad, flat piece of iron or steel for overlapping and joining two plates at their edges.a straight timber in a frame or other assembly of generally curved timbers.
- : an iron or steel bar of rectangular cross section.
- : Textiles. one of a series of laths covered with card clothing, used in conjunction with the cylinder in carding.
- : Photography. one or more negatives or positives in position to be reproduced.
- : Printing. a device for holding a negative or positive flat for reproduction by photoengraving.
- : Horticulture. a shallow, lidless box or tray used for rooting seeds and cuttings and for growing young plants.
- : a similar box used for shipping and selling fruits and vegetables.
- : Football. the area of the field immediately inside of or outside of an offensive end, close behind or at the line of scrimmage.
- : flats, Informal. flat races between horses.Compare flat race.
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flat·ted, flat·ting.
- : to make flat.
- : Music. to lower, especially one half step.
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flat·ted, flat·ting.
- : to become flat.
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- : in a flat position; horizontally; levelly.
- : in a flat manner; positively; absolutely.
- : completely; utterly: flat broke.
- : exactly; precisely: She ran around the track in two minutes flat.
- : Music. below the true pitch: to sing flat.
- : Finance. without interest.
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- : flat in, Nautical. to pull the clew of as nearly amidships as possible.Also flatten in.
Phrases
- flat as a pancake
- flat broke
- flat on one's back
- flat out
- caught flat-footed
- fall flat
- in no time (nothing flat)
- leave flat
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Print advertisements for Quaker Rice Cakes from that period show thin, grinning models lying on their flat leotard-covered stomachs to emphasize the lightness of rice cakes.
Unlike the flat disk that gave rise to the planets in our own Solar System, the system’s disk consists of three misaligned rings.
It uses technology well, including flat-screen monitors that connect to the Internet and Bluetooth headphones.
The catch included two tiny species with coiled shells about 1 millimeter across, four midsize species with long, conical or urn-shaped shells of about 7 to 11 millimeters, and one species with a flat shell up to 14 millimeters across.
It combines the functionality of a suitcase and the durability of a duffel, with structured sides and interior pockets for ample gear hauling, a flat-bottom design that enables it to stand, and sturdy, oversize wheels.
Luckily enough I have this dedicated flat that is just along from my house that I go to every day.
There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.
The program—weirdly—is now under the umbrella of ABC News, and is suffering from flat ratings and an aging demographic.
Another sent back a flat-screen television with a bona fide tombstone within.
Hitchcock settled in southern California, leaving behind a flat in London and a country house in Shamley Green.
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
Then the roof itself, with its gables and dormer windows, softly folded itself flat down upon the top of the house, out of sight.
Instead of writing slander and flat blasphemy, they propose to draw it, and not draw it mild.
There is no other way but fresh blood for it is sheer human nature to feel flat after an effort.
The hills disappear some miles above this city, and henceforward to the sea all is flat and tame as a marsh.